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Inspector General response to Lt. Gov. Stack investigation raises more questions than answers

HARRISBURG – At a Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) on Tuesday afternoon, Senator Scott Wagner (R-York) questioned Inspector General Bruce Beemer about the costs and reasons to hide a report the OIG compiled at the request of Governor Tom Wolf on Lieutenant Governor Stack’s abuse of staff.

Wagner specifically asked General Beemer about why the report on the lieutenant governor was not made public. Beemer deferred to Governor Wolf.

When discussing costs, General Beemer highlighted that the investigation was conducted by six to 10 investigators

The Pennsylvania State Department is facing a lawsuit after officials refused to release records relating to noncitizens on voter rolls in the commonwealth.

An analysis found that there are allegedly more than 100,000 noncitizens that are currently registered to vote, according to a Philadelphia official’s testimony before a Pennsylvania government committee last year.

More than 100,000 non-U.S. citizens are registered voters in Pennsylvania, according to testimony contained in a lawsuit demanding that the state admit its problems when it comes to non-citizen voting.

The Public Interest Legal Foundation argued that non-citizens have been voting in Pennsylvania for decades,

My love and respect for the Constitution is why I ran for office and it’s also why I recently joined in legal action to block the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s newly mandated Congressional maps. I carry – and read – both the US and Pennsylvania Constitutions.

We are in a constitutional crisis thanks to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s actions to make the other two branches of government irrelevant. Most alarming, they’re apparently doing this simply because they think they can.

Judges are essential elements of a constitutional republic. Their role offers numerous protections of core government principles written into both our federal and Pennsylvania Constitutions. These principles have worked for decades but are now in jeopardy due to a lack of

“Let me be crystal clear: I have no intention of closing down the State System of Higher Education,” Wagner said.

At last week’s state budget hearing with PASSHE, Wagner inquired about the continual reports of the retired West Chester University swim coach. Wagner filed a Right-to-Know request seeking the monthly payment made to the former swim coach. Earlier today, Wagner received a response from the State Employees’ Retirement System that said the